Originally Posted by Shot1
Without wanting to sound negative, what does it cost to send a warship? Serious question and not to denigrate the training and flexibility of the good people on board but surely that's an expensive way of deploying a single helicopter. How many Antonovs could we charter for the same money?
I expect the MoD will claim back any marginal extra costs for DARING from DFID. As has been pointed out already, DARING can provide a damn sight more than a helo and every bit counts. See
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/r...to-philippines
Originally Posted by gr4techie
I'd love to know where the £10m is coming from? When we at home are subject to cutbacks, pay freezes, redundancies, scrapping of equipment, because there isn't enough £'s...
See
House of Commons - Department for International Development's Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 - International Development Committee
Originally Posted by House of Commons
...DFID's budget in 2013-14 will be £10.765 million....
That's nearly £10.8 billion!